Fortnite Battle Royale

fortnite battle royale

Fortnite is an online phenomenon. The battle royale game, where 100 players are dropped into an arena and the last person standing wins, has amassed 125 million players within 12 months of its launch. At any one time, millions people are playing the game. “Fortnite has grown more than 100 times in the last nine months alone,” Chris Dyl, director of platform from the title’s publisher Epic Games said at the end of July. That takes some serious web infrastructure chops. Downtime, whether caused by surges in player numbers or attempted cyberattacks, can drive players away and stop them from making in-game purchases. Fortnite is created using Epic’s development engine Unreal, which allows creators to design and code games without starting from nothing. Battle royale competitor PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) also uses the Unreal engine as do hundreds of other titles.